Tyree Guyton’s

Heidelberg Project I set out to change the world and that change starts with me and by changing me Im changing the world Tyree Guyton Tyree Guyton was born on August 24 1955 in Detroit Michigan He created the Heidelberg Project in 1986 with his grandfather Sam Mackey as an outdoor art environment on Detroits eastside a neighborhood referred to as Black Bottom The Heidelberg Project is in part a political protest as Tyrees childhood neighborhood began to deteriorate after the 1967 riots At first the project consisted of his painting a series of houses on Detroits Heidelberg Street with bright dots of many colors and attaching salvaged items to the houses It was a constantly evolving work that transformed a hardcore innercity neighborhood where people were afraid to walk even in daytime into one in which neighbors took pride and where visitors were many and welcomed His main goal was to develop the Heidelberg Project into Detroits first indoor and outdoor museum complete with an artists colony creative art center community garden amphitheater and more The effect of the Heidelberg Project is displayed through the development of Heidelberg Street At the other end of the street there are crumbling houses with lawns covered with waisthigh weeds rubble and rubbish with no people in sight Nevertheless the Heidelberg Project attracts nearly 275000 visitors a year and is now considered a recognized destination for Detroit tourists

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